We are seeking a Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist. CAMHS is part of the Specialist Services Strategic Business Unit in HPFT, managed by the Clinical Director (Dr Shaheen Shora – Fiona McMillian-Shields -non-medical).
CAMHS is managed by a Senior Service Line Leader, Natalija Lytrides, supported by Professional Leads and CAMHS Community Managers. The four geographical divisions provide Tier 2 and 3 services plus the CAMHS Targeted team, as well as parenting support services into the Family Centres. CAMHS are provided by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust across the entire county.
The clinics accept referrals from a number of sources including General Practitioners, Social Workers, Health Visitors and Consultant Paediatricians. Referrals are processed through SPA (the Single Point of Access). The teams are multi-disciplinary including Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Child Psychotherapists, Systemic Therapists and Social Workers.
The aim of these posts is to support the youth offending teams who often come into contact with children with a mental health difficulty. These children may not traditionally access child and family services or whose difficulties may be of low complexity and therefore can be worked within their community setting through a short intervention.
An exciting opportunity has become available for a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join our CAMHS Children\'s Crisis and Assessment and Treatment Team service offer in Hertfordshire- ( CCATT-). This post is to cover a vacancy and has also been expanded to become 10Pas, CCAT team operates over three clinical sites – Watford General, Lister Hospital and has an operational site at 15 Forest Lane, Kingsley Green, Harper Lane, Radlett. The team works cohesively together and meets daily to discuss all referrals and progress of escalations.
The CCATT team comprises one clinical Manager, one clinical lead, 9 social workers bands 6-7, 16 qualified Nurses bands 5-7, two Healthcare assistants, one Psychologist, one Assistant psychologist, one psychotherapist, one counsellor, two admin and one receptionist.
The post holder will also support the CCATT- Community Intervention team (Radlett based) which aims to offer a brief intervention and support to young people who have presented in crisis and who are not yet under any established services. This may include chairing the weekly MDT and also offering approximately 1-1.5 PA per week for follow ups or urgent reviews for those who require consultant input or a second opinion about escalation to tier 4, for example acute psychosis, this would be approximately 1-2 reviews /week at maximum.
In 12 years, the Trust has been successful in acquiring the tender for the provision of specialist Learning disability services in Norfolk, North Essex and Buckinghamshire. The Trust covers a mix of rural and urban areas, including the City of St Albans, the large towns of Watford, Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage, and the smaller towns of Hemel Hempstead, Radlett, Berkhamsted, Harpenden, Hertford, Ware, Bishops Stortford, Hitchin and Letchworth.
Hertfordshire Social Services have divided the county into four areas. The county has three Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). West Hertfordshire is served by Herts Valleys CCG and Dacorum and East and North Hertfordshire is served by East and North Herts CCG.
The Trust collaborates closely with Hertfordshire County Council and other NHS organisations to promote and support mental health in the community. The Trust clinical services moved from Strategic Business Units (SBUs) into four divisions on the 1st of April 2024, providing clinical services to;
* Adult Community Services, including local teams for mental health
* Adult Acute and Urgent Services, including rehabilitation, inpatient services and crisis team.
* Specialist Services such as mental health services for older people, eating disorders, and our mother and baby unit,
* Learning Disability and Forensic Services.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Rania Moussa Job title: Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Email address: rania.moussa@nhs.net
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